Improvement in culttvatoes



' tates gste-ntf @Hita J. FRANKEBERGE-l, OF HENSLY, ILLINOIS.

l l Letters Patent No. 72,622, dated .December 2 4, 1867.

'IMPROVEMENT IN GULTIVATORS.

TO ALL WHOMI'I MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, J. T. FRANKEBERGER, of Hensly, in' the county of Champaign, and State of- Illinois, have invented certain new and uscful Improvements in Gorn-Cultivatorm and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification. In the drawings annexed, which make apart of this speciicationl I Figure 1 represents aside elevation oi' my cultivator.

Figure 2 is a. planview of the same.

Figure 3, the rods which support thcbcarns G Gat the front end. y v

A representsA a bar of scantling of suitable size, to 4the ends of' which the pendants B are firmly secured. The axles C, on which the wheels D rotate,after passing through said wheels, are bent upwards and driven in the ends of bar A. d cl designate the hounds, the inner ends of which are held together by the rod e, which at top fornns a staple-shaped device. Through this staple the bar Fis intended to pass, for the purpose hereinafter described. The rod e being fastened or coiled around bolts in the hounds d d, will be bent out at both ends, at right angles with the hounds cl d. 'G G represent two heams. to which the shovel-standards H are fastened, two of said standards being` bolted to the outside of the beams, near their end, and the other two a little in advance and on the inside of the beams G G. AThe beanis G G are attached to A by the rods s s, one end of said rods being secured to the beam, and the other end formed into a hook, whichenters into corresponding eyes'in the side of' A. rlhe two beams G G are kept apart at their front end bythe rod m, and rest on rod o (see iig. 3) by means of ahook projecting from the ends of said beams.. The rear end of bar F reaches near the top of the two front standards`H, and is attached to said standards by means of a staple, through which the rod c passes, the said rod `being secured to the standards by passing through wire loopsfastened to the standards H. represents the handles by which the beams are controlled, and either thrown apart or brought nearer together at the pleasure of the operator. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the beams G G, when hinged at their front ends to the bar A, substantially `in the manner set forth. i I

2. The beams G G, when combined with the standards H, the handles R, and bars F. and A, thewhole constructed and operating substantially as herein described.

lIn testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own', I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J. T. FRANKEBERGER.

Witnesses CHARLES MINER, e GEORGE FRANKEBERGER.' 

